Stories for 2009

Friday, September 25th 2009 - 02:09 UTC
Catholic Church blasts “irritating” Argentine government numbers on poverty

Argentina’s Catholic Church considers “irritating” the argument that poverty had diminished in the country when it is plain evidence that this is not the case, “rather the contrary”. It is indignant for Argentina that the system should consider the excluded as “a variable of political success”.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 00:58 UTC
MIT poverty investigation centre opens in Chile

The Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) will open its new Latinamerican headquarters in Chile next Monday, Sept. 28. J-PAL is an organization that investigates poverty and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Economics.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 00:46 UTC
South America-Africa Summit to address energy and cooperation

Margarita Island, in north-eastern Venezuela, has geared up for the upcoming second South America-Africa Summit (SAAS), which will take place on Saturday and Sunday hosted by President Hugo Chavez.
Friday, September 25th 2009 - 00:19 UTC
Social Democracy Is Working In Brazil, Chile and Uruguay

Amongst the different leftist governments in Latin America, there are new and rather strident populist regimes (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador), which seem to grab all the attention.
Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 12:12 UTC
Uruguay opposition parties blast Argentine ambassador’s interferences

Uruguayan opposition parties are demanding Argentine ambassador Hernan Patiño be sanctioned for his active participation in a political rally in support of the ruling Broad Front coalition, an action described as “interference” in Uruguayan internal affairs.
Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:59 UTC
Argentina’s industrial production showing signs of recovery

Argentina's industrial production index in August rose 1.4% on the month, but was down 4.7% on the year, the Foundation for Latin American Economic Research, FIEL, said in a report released Wednesday.
Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:50 UTC
Beef export peak forecasted in Argentina for 2009

Argentine exports of refrigerated beef reached 34.923 tons in August equivalent to 131.2 million US dollars, according to official data provided by Senasa (Animal Health National Service).
Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:45 UTC
Chile’s fresh fruit exports hit by weak international markets

Weak international markets led to a 6% drop in the value of Chile’s fresh fruit exports this past 2008/2009 season, reported Fedefruta President Rodrigo Echeverría this week in Santiago.
Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:22 UTC
Building Falklands/South America relationship playing rugby

A proposed visit by a team of rugby players to the Falkland Islands, scheduled to arrive for a week long visit on December 12, has caused controversy in the Islands, reports the Penguin News.
Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:17 UTC
OAS and EU agree on massive diplomatic effort to solve Honduras crisis

The Organization of American States, OAS, and the European Union agreed Wednesday to send their ambassadors in Honduras back to Tegucigalpa, the city which they left following the June coup that deposed constitutional president Manuel Zelaya.